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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Utz find disgusting about the woman's legs?
(a) They are too skinny.
(b) They are too fat.
(c) They are unshaved.
(d) The are full of scabs.

2. What does the narrator think Utz may have hidden in his dressing table?
(a) A wig.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) A gun.
(d) Gold coins.

3. What does the blond woman throw out of the window?
(a) A snail.
(b) A lunch box.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A chicken leg.

4. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?
(a) Serious.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Buoyant.
(d) Light.

5. Where does Utz go at the end of the chapter?
(a) A cabaret.
(b) Library.
(c) A bath house.
(d) A brothel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city was the CapodiMonte factory set up?

2. What does the man from Utz's bank hand to Utz?

3. What did Marco Polo think cowrie beads looked like?

4. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?

5. Who does Utz think about alone in his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

2. How did Bottger allow Augustus the strong to open the first commercial porcelain factory in 1710?

3. How does Utz react when the narrator asks to see his bathroom?

4. Why does Utz think porcelain was the Chinese people's material?

5. Why is Augustus the Strong one of Utz's heros?

6. Why did Marco Polo call Cowrie beads porcelain shells?

7. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

8. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

9. Why does Marta bang pots together?

10. What does the narrator see in Utz's bedroom?

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